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...professor had been arguing previously that it is scarcely right for Poland to hold Vilna, since that city was ceded to Lithuania by treaty. Suddenly with a clank of his great sword, Marshal Pilsudski stomped to his feet, turned upon Dr. Valdemaras...
...professor of Greek and Latin in Petrograd he led the agitation in Russia for Lithuanian Independence. Escaping from Russia during the Revolution he appeared as Lithuania's chief delegate at the Paris Peace Conference (1919-20) where he made a reputation for himself by incessantly demanding the Port of Vilna (Poland) for Lithuania. Returning to his homeland, he became Prime Minister, then Dictator in 1926. Not long before he lost his dictatorship an attempt was made to assassinate him (TIME, May 20, 1929) which resulted in the death of his aide and his small grand- nephew. Professor Valdemaras remained unscathed...
...agenda of the League Council were 23 questions, all important, all as familiar as that notorious perennial: Is Vilna the Capital of Lithuania - which it is according to the Lithuanian Constitution; or is it a Polish city - which it is according to the Polish warriors who have held it since 1919?* After putting this agenda in the capable hands of underlings - lesser statesmen such as Quinones de Leon of Spain - for the customary debate, the Quick Lunchers prepared to entrain for the London Conference (see col. 2). Cor respondents facing a dire dearth of news cornered Mr. Henderson and chorused...
...Wagon-Lits of the International Sleeping Car Company enter Lithuania the attendant in each car covers with a black cloth the map adjacent to the lavatory which shows Vilna to be in fact a part of Poland. He thus spares the feelings of Lithuanians, forestalls riots...
...vain M. Valdemaras bristled, protested, even hurled vituperations at M. Zaleski. The Council's dander was now up, and its 14 regular members hastened to vote "yes" unanimously to a resolution so drafted as eventually to confirm Poland in her possession of Vilna...